Live from center city in philadelphia, this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Groundhog wasnt wrong, now, the winter that really never was is rolling in like a freight train. The storm thats coming is already having an impact. Looking forward to Better Business on the slopes. Finally. Im lucy noland, here we go, the winter storm warning starts tomorrow night at 8 00. The Weather Authority on top of this for days now, meteorologist Scott Williams its all yours a lot of information to get through. But first thing is first, we do have the winter storm warnings, and pink for much of the area, all of southeastern pennsylvania, the i95 corridor. Mercer county, interior sections of south jersey. Northern delaware, watches for can cumberland county, ocean counties. Take a look off to the west. Watching energy that will move out of the upper midwest. The two pieces of energy will can combine develop into that noreaster, the coastal storm weve been talking about and the cold air looks like it will stay locked in place much of the area, watching the energy from the west merge with the energy from the south and thats the powerful noreaster expected to bring significant snowfall across much of the area. As we go hour by hour, you can see it tracking up the coast. Gusty winds and heavy snow. So significant snow, double digit snowfall totals especially inland away from the coast. Looking at winds gusting 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour. Power outages and also coastal flooding. The main timing overnight monday, it could linger into wednesday morning, the worst of the storm, lucy looks to be tuesday through midday, coming up new information on who will see the heaviest of the snow and also the coastal floods concern. Thank you. Lots to talk about. So far this winter has been easy. Cameras caught this penndot crew loading up on brine. Tom wolf not declared a state of emergency just yet. Monitoring the forecast. American delta among others are issuing travel. Live in south philadelphia. All right, brad, here we go live in south philly under i95. This is the philly salt yard behind me. You can see not a lot happening at the moment. Guaranteed this is going to be a very busy place in about 24 hours, we can tell you however, some of the pretreating of the city streets is already underway. Take a look. Preparations are already underway tonight crews treating philadelphias streets with brine, getting them set for what could be the biggest snowstorm of the season and were getting set. The home depot. Now we may want to put the tropicals on hold. The salt and shovels had to be brought back out of storage and sales were steady tonight. I didnt really expect to have to buy salt again, thats for sure. Reporter 60 degree temps suddenly just a distant memory i thought we were looking forward to the flowers blooming, ready to retire the jacket short pants, tshirts. Now to the point where everybody got to get their cold weather gear back out are we happy about this or not at all no. Reporter not that everyone is dreading it im happy for the kids. They havent been able to is sled all year, my son and daughter been complaining about that and i did buy them snow suits. Reporter some are more philosophical for the time of the year we were spoiled. Its supposed to be cold. Like it or not. Reporter it is a cold night to be loading the danger with groceries. Many trying to beat tomorrows crowd before the staples run out everything. Milk, eggs. Of i got milk and bread, and i bought eggs and water once old man Winter Springs am i into action, ed booker said he wont be mostly i stay in the house. Its warm in the house. Reporter it is warm in the house. Another sure sign that snow is coming, starting early this morning, kids started calling the tv station, lucy asking, has my classes been cancelled . Is School Cancelled tomorrow . Its too early to tell. We may be headed that way. It certainly look that is way. All right, brad. Remember when a storm approaches you can say get up to the minute forecast and see live Doppler Radar on fox29. Com. Youll also find school closings, children, just not quite time yet. Of course good day has you covered with the forecast starting tomorrow at 4 00 a. M. The villanova wildcats are dancing once again after win, the big east tournament t create ton 7460 to win their second big east title in three little years. Now, where will nova be in the ncaa tournament. You know who got that answer, sean bell got the low down march madness is officially here. Villanova back to defend the thrown after winning the big east. You knew theyd get number one seed. Which number seed would they get and where would they be going . Today, we found out. The overall number one seed in the country is villanova, the defending National Championships playing in the east region. Villanova with the number one overall seed in the country staying out. Youre going to buffalo for the first two round of the tournament. If they win those, they get to at Madison Square garden. This is perfectly set up. Its a great accomplishment. I want the guys to enjoy it tonight. And tomorrow we just one of 68 teams were thankful to be in this position, we cant take advantage at all. Its obviously great feeling. Wherever, were ready for the challenge, we love the preparation. Sports sunday well bring out villanova road to the final four, plus well give you a couple of sleepers for your ncaa. Philadelphia Graduate Hospital neighborhood, investigators trying to figure out what started a fire left three men in critical condition. Officials say the flames broke out around 10 00 this morning on the 2200 block of fitzwater street. They rushed the men to the hospital. A developing story out of central pennsylvania making national headlines. In harrisburg, a fire lieutenant and a toddler are dead in aftermath of a fire sparked by a hover board. But it wasnt the flames or smoke that claimed the life of the firefighter, fox 29 joyce evans explains. Mark hughes is a loving grays ferry is devastate. His granddaughter, ashanti just shy of her third birthday is gone, victim of a fire. Firefighters say it was an exploding hover board that sparked the flames my granddaughter. You cant replace her. Reporter another granddaughter emani was also burned in that fire, in critical condition. The pain, so deep. Reporter firefighters say a hover board plugged into an electrical outlet caught fire around 8 00 friday night. Heard sizzling and crackling in hover board and it exploded in flames. Reporter a teenager boy and man were also hurt. Both of them now out of the hospital. But there was another heartbreaking loss. Connected to this fire. A firefighter was killed while on his way responding to the energy. These guys go above and beyond every day of the week for the citizens of our great city. Harrisburg fire lieutenant dennis devoe had just left the funeral for a fellow firefighter who had died of cancer. When he answered the call. He was driving to the scene when police say this woman 19yearold Khanyae Kendall ran a stein and tboned his car. She was under the influence and left the scene and arrested when she showed up at a hospital to get checked out for injury lieutenant devoe was trying to respond to an incident where he was trying to save additional lives. And in that course of action, actually, was critically injured by someone whos have re care less. Reporter at the tragic fire scene, the grays ferry said his family is trying to stay strong. Theyalso have a warning about some high tech devices. Be careful everything you buy and make sure it work right. Because if it dont work right, this whats going to happen and you never know when its going to happen. As for the teenager facing charges for killing the fire lieutenant, police say she was driving a car that somebody had reported stolen. Her charges include driving without a license, and vehicle lar aggravated assault. Thats a felony. Lucy . Thank you. Happening now in philadelphia mantua neighborhood. Neighbors found a boy with autism in his under wear, tell that one of them found the 16yearold with his legs bound on 41 its and ogden streets. They say the boy lives in the neighborhood. Police are investigating, of course. Medics took him to chop for observation where doctors treated and released him. An Early Morning crash in new jersey killed a pedestrian it happened early in mt. Laurel. A car hit someone on fellow ship road by route 73. Medics transported that person to virtue in marlton where they died. We dont have a lot of information. Police are not saying. The Trump Administration is facing a deadline to cough up evidence, christian finisher is at the white house with more. Reporter one week after the wiretapping of trump to our during the election, the white house is facing a monday deadline to provide the House Intelligence Committee with evidence to back up those claims i dont expect well see evidence of either the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing, the president believes this. Reporter the white house still hasnt said if the administration will comply with the committees request. Today, Kellyanne Conway mentioned the allegations but did not provide any new information. He called upon the house and Senate Intelligence committees to add this piece of the investigation to their existing investigation about russia, and theyve agreed to do that. So well make a comment after those findings are complete. Reporter its not just democrats who have been critical of the president , republican senator john mckaine said theres no need for congress to investigate i have no reason to believe that the charge is true but i also believe that the president of the United States of america could clear this up in a minute. All he has to is pick up the phone call the director of the cia, National Intelligence and say, ok, what happened . Reporter james comey reportedly asked the department of justice to publicly refute the president s claims. So far he hasnt done that. Congressman adam, a distraught on the House Intelligence Committee plans to ask comey that question directly when he testifies before the meat later this month. At the white house, christian fisher, fox news. Looked like a horrific crime scene, blood and gore everywhere. Looks can be deceiving. Who can forget this guy . What the former vp was doing the at an incredibly popular festival ski trips usually have a few thrills, nothing like this. That, of course, is a moose. Irish eyes are smiling as a centuries old tradition made its way from west of city hall past Independence Mall and fox 29 and your fox 29 family. So honored to be able to bring i to you from start to finish. Heres Sabina Kuriakose. Reporter a tradition draped in red, white, blue and green. Older than the republic for which it stands. The 247th annual st. Patricks day parade danced, sang and marched its way through the streets of Center City Philadelphia sunday. A celebration Cultural Heritage and community. A sense of our heritage. Who are people are and kind of remembering that everyone is important. Reporter sarah brought her 2yearold daughter bundled against the cold, happy to belong to a city which sell celebrates. Brotherly love. The theme of this years event, st. Patrick protect and guide police officers, a theme many took to heart with signs and banners honoring the department. I think the wonderful. Its a lot of fun. And people are out and everybody seems to be enjoying st. Patricks day. Its not that cold its cold but awesome. 20,000 people taking part in the floats and dancers, bands and civic organizations. Thousands more to show their irish pride. Parade started at 16th and jfk. The beaming groups of green warming these temperatures. Our fox 29 family fully represented. Proud to bring the story parade in full to all of our viewers. Happy st. Patricks day. Reporter 247 on a legacy held strong within a city known for honoring its past while marching toward its future, Sabina Kuriakose fox 29. It was one great moment after another. In case you missed it, missed a few moments of the excitement. Dont worry about it. Because you can relive all of it this friday on st. Patricks day from noon until 3 00 p. M. Fox 29 in the house former Vice President joe biden and his wife, took on south by southwest. Did you catch our snaps in austin text, you can find it on snapchat right now. Biden outlined his plans for his cancer initiative. First major appearance since leaving washington. Cancer never gives up or surrenders. And thats why we news use ever discipline cancer does. And were starting to do that. Five years ago on colleges werent working closely with immunologists, Chemical Biological engineers, now they are. Joe bidens son, former delaware attorney general beau died of brain cancer in 2015. Tonight some strong local opposition is to President Trump and his job as commander in chief. An antitrump meeting. The event focused on mobilizing local residents to congress can hear their voice, we have a murder mystery in southwest philadelphia. Police are searching for the person who pulled the trigger killing a young man. Police say that about 7 30 on the 1900 block of south 61st street, someone shot a man in the head. Medics pronounced him at the scene. Police are not identifying the man, only saying he was in his 20s. In wilmington, delaware, the state states fire marshals office. The three alarm fire broke out around 5 00 this morning, it had at one time been a bowling eli and a restaurant, the damage we told you 500000, nobody is hurt though. A northeast Philadelphia Community is uniting to stand for peace. The Civic Association hosted a walk for peace. It is got a great goal. To keep the unity in the community. Two weeks ago, someone desecrated the Mount Carmel Cemetery leaving tombstones damaged. Local leaders as well as neighbors of all faiths turned out to stand against hate. Tonight well all pray with our that there will be no more vandalism and no more destruction in our community and in our country. Tonight, well all pray that people of all backgrounds will feel safe, praying and burying their loved ones in this community. A 74,000 reward stands to help track the person or persons who defaced the cemetery. Bob casey is spending the weekend in philadelphia. Hosting a town hall at the penn museum. Democrats fired up the crowd talking about healthcare. He promised to fight against republican plan to apple and replace obamacare. Saying its especially important for pennsylvanians who rely on medicaid. 722,000 pennsylvanians with disabilities, who rely on medicaid, if there was ever a reason to stop what republicans are doing, it would be to protect people with disabilities, to protect kids and to protect older citizens. Pennsylvanias republican senator pat toomey held a Facebook Live town hall last week in philadelphia. But he has yet to hold an in person forum this year. Hundreds of american flags shown up outside of a v medical center, patriotism wasnt necessarily motivating what you see. You know taking candy from a baby . This was Something Like that. Very special mass this sunday. Philadelphia archdiocese Charles Chaput celebrated mass at st. Patrick parish. Of course the patron saint of ireland. Dodged a bullet this winter . Winter storm warning is kicking in tomorrow night at 8 00. This, of course, is the Blue Mountain ski resort from the poconos mountains. It will get socked. I know skiers rejoicing, the Weather Authority on top of all of this an ohio couple is in hot water after faking their own murders and staging an elaborate murder scene as a practical joke. Couple sent a photo of the woman covered in what appeared to be blood with a knife nearby. The family called 911. They were worried out of their minds. It was just a hoax, 29yearold mika rise in her was trying to get his sister to come over and thought the picture would get her attention. Very intense, you know, you get your adrenaline going. I know from speaking to a couple officers last night, they were upset about it. Because, you know, its, you know, this type of hoax or ploy is, you know, really got, you dont know what youre encounter as an officer going into a situation did you read that text message he sent to his sister . My goodness. Prosecutors charged ricener and his girlfriend with inducing panic. The Surveillance Video proves folks have no limit to hoe low they will stoop. Captures a moment the man walk up to a toddler at walmart and grabbed 100 bill out of the little guys hand and walked off. Police say the childs mom put the bill down on a counter while talking to a Customer Service rep and did not notice the little boy grabbed the cash. Well tonight, 660 american flags are waving in the wind in cincinnati ohio. Each flag commemorate add veteran committed suicide. These are vision of joshua berry whose veteran son took his own life. Hes doing the best he can to help other families. Men and Women Volunteer to defend our freedom and theyve been left behind. No sold soldier left behind. Value. Says 20 veterans with Mental Health issues kill themselves every single day. Berry plans to leave the flags at this spot a month then move them to another location. Its been cold. But not quite this cold. Check this out. What happened to that house . Scott. Lucy, coming up new information, who will see mainly rain or mainly snow . Well see you next. Skiers usually have a few thrills but nothing this wild. Thats a moose. Great price on this boneless chicken yeah. We love low prices. No bones about it. [ laughter ] great everyday prices and thousands of bonus buy savings. My giant. This march score the perfect basket. Buy 8 participating products in one transaction and get a fandango movie ticket. Up to 10 total value. Only at my giant. Is this the calm before the storm . By this time tomorrow, see the winds barely moving in the wind, by this time tomorrow well be under a winter storm warning with massive wind possibly massive snow. How much will you see . Kind of depends on where you live. We are. Winter wrapped across the country. Check out this avalanche. It has cut off a high school field. Stranded at an environmental center. Conditions are too dangerous to clear it away. Those kids are ok. Officials will try again tomorrow. My god. I dont know what it is. scream can you imagine having that guy behind you . Snow borders to get down the slopes of breckenridge in the colorado rockies. They could be very dangerous. Definitely not like bull wing kel. He eventually did take off in the woods. That is amazing. Hopefully we wont see any houses like this one. This is webster new york. It sits near lake ontario. Turn into that ice castle after high winds pummeled it. For days. For more on that storm that is on everyones mind, lets turn it back over to meteorologist Scott Williams certainly, a lot to get through. A lot to monitor over the next 24 to 48 hours. We do have winter storm warnings in pink that includes the philadelphia area, points north and west pretty much all of southeastern pennsylvania watching energy come out of the upper midwest. Also the gulf. The two will kind of merge, form that area of low pressure, the coastal storm, the noreaster weve been talking about days. Take a look at the areas highlighted in pink. That does include philadelphia. North and west suburbs, the Lehigh Valley, the poconos, interior parts of south jersey. Northern delaware and then where you see the blue interior coastal sections a winter storm watch. Not anticipating the impact, the farther south and east you head away from philadelphia but the jackpot will likely be somewhere around the Lehigh Valley into the poconos. Heres the bottom line. What to expect when. Monday night, were talking about snow beginning after 8 00. 8 00 is when the winter storm warnings kick in tuesday morning, we anticipate heavy snowfall. Tuesday afternoon still snowing but not as steady. Lets go hour by hour throughout the day tomorrow. A cold start. Dry for most of the day. But watch the clock. After about 8 00, 9 00, watching the snow move in from the south and west. Lancaster snowing by 11 00. Pottstown likewise moving toward wilmington and overnight after midnight, all bets are off. Were talking about widespread moderate snow by 3 00 a. M. On tuesday, philadelphia, trenton, doylestown, take a look at the yellow. Thats moderate to heavy rainfall beginning down the shore. That will limit the totals there. The pink, that is a mixture of sleet. That will also impact the totals especially south and east of philadelphia. But look at lunch time were still snowing, philadelphia points north and west. Left over moisture lingering snow showers into the afternoon and evening. This is what Everyone Wants to see. The updated snowfall total map. You could see a sharp cutoff the farther south and east you head away from philadelphia. The i95 corridor, the new jersey turnpike, 295 anywhere from eight to 12 inch, north and west, northern chester, Lehigh Valley, 1215 inches and the jackpot in the poconos, but look at the sharp cutoff down the shore. Atlantic city maybe a brief coating to two inches. Mostly rain as you move into Cape May County and extreme parts of delaware. Wind gusting rapidly tuesday over 40 Miles Per Hour south and east of philadelphia. We can see gusts at the shore up to 60 Miles Per Hour before they diminish tuesday night. Also, key high tide 9 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Its cold 30 right now in philadelphia. Well bottom out into the 20s. 21 degrees for the overnight low in philadelphia. And thats sevenday forecast showing snow at night tomorrow. Lucy, a High Temperature of 36 degrees. 34 on tuesday. Snow much of the day. Lingering into wednesday. Back over to you. Winter finally arrived. Thank you, scott. To Chester County where about a dozen families are without a home. Broke out at midnight at the meadow lake apartments, nobody is hurt. Investigators say the fire was accidental but theyre investigating, of course, as they do. In south philadelphia, 20yearold tradition focusing on mens health continues. Today, kenney at the universal companies hosted its annual mens wellness breakfast at the universal charter school. It was free and way for men to share resources from lectures with Health Professionals to screenings. Were trying to screen everyone who arrives for high Blood Pressure and bmi. People who know the numbers tend to take better care of themselves. Thats going to wrap it up for fox 29 news at 10 00. Keep it here for sports sunday. This is fox 29 sports sunday. 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